Kia Telluride
Owners filed 2,069 complaints across 7 model years of the Kia Telluride. The 2020 drew the most (777).
Which Kia Telluride years should you avoid?
Going by 2,069 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Kia Telluride years to avoid are 2020.
- 2020777 complaints, 2.4× a typical Telluride year, most often about the headlights.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2027. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Kia Telluride model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027Too new | 28 | 2 | — | 2 | Seat Belts | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 124 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2024 | 226 | 5 | 2 | 6 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2023 | 211 | 6 | 3 | 6 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2022 | 329 | 7 | 4 | 10 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2021 | 374 | 5 | 4 | 7 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2020Avoid | 777 | 7 | 9 | 8 | Exterior Lighting | Fatalities reported |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.